Speak English At The Restaurant!

are you ready yet almost just five more minutes okay hurry up in this lesson we're going to go to the restaurant are you ready let's go hello my name is Maddie from POC English and in this lesson we're going to go to the restaurant and we're going to see how to speak English in a restaurant part one before going to the restaurant first let's learn some words and phrases that you may need to learn and use when you are planning to have a meal outside the first one is a phrasal verb to eat out it's

very obvious right if you eat out it means you eat outside your house you go to a restaurant but instead of eat if you say dine to dine out what does it mean to have lunch or dinner outside to have dinner outside to go to a restaurant to have dinner let's dine out tonight shall we now if you want to eat out or dine out before going to the restaurant you want to make sure that they have a table available for you let's say you are two people you want to dine out but you are

not sure if they have a table ready for you so what you need to do is to call the restaurant and what should you do you should book a table or you should make a reservation book a table or make a reservation that means to call the restaurant to let them know that you want to go there tonight for dinner or today for lunch and that if they have a table available for you hi I'd like to book a table for two for tonight at around 8 PM let me check uh yes we have a

table available for you now when you go to a restaurant the restaurant may be very expensive it may also be reasonably priced reasonably priced does it mean it's cheap no it's not cheap the prices are reasonable it means you can accept the price huh it sounds fair well that's a stake twenty dollars for that steak 300 grams of steak 20 that's fair this is reasonably priced for example I checked the menu of that restaurant and it is reasonably priced now at the restaurant there are some people who are working those people are called the staff

now if the staff are paying attention to the customers they are answering to their needs and they are being very careful with everything those staff are attentive attentive staff it means staff who really care about customers the next word to learn is cuisine cuisine now a lot of my students have problems pronouncing this pay attention quick now put them together cuisine cuisine cuisine where's the stress is it on the first syllable or the second syllable quizzing or cuisine Cuisine it's on the second syllable repeat after me Cuisine now what does it mean Cuisine is a

specific type of food for a country or a place now what is local Cuisine local Cuisine is the specific type of food you can find in a particular area for example in the city I live right now which is Milan in Italy local Cuisine is risotto Milanese it's a very tasty dish made with risotto which is rice and saffron which is a kind of herb and you have to try this local Cuisine when you come to Italy now there is a type of food which is generally categorized as Continental food what is it Continental food

is European food food made in Europe food cooked and prepared in Europe that is Continental food for example Italian food Spanish food French food German food Portuguese food these are Continental food but we also have another category which is oriental food oriental food are Southeast Asian food so Oriental Continental which one do you prefer I really like oriental food how about you and another type of food is vegetarian food or even vegan food now vegetarian food is a type of food that does not include any meat vegan food on the other hand is any food

that doesn't include any meat or any other product coming from animals including eggs or milk okay enough learning for now let's see how to use what we have learned in a dialogue guys would you like to dine out this weekend great idea I'm free on Saturday how about you John I'll try my best to come nice do you know somewhere to go there is this new place uh two streets away from here I checked the menu and uh it's reasonably priced and what types of food do they have mainly local Cuisine I don't know I'm

a vegetarian you know yes and they have a vegetarian menu too do they have Continental food too I think yes uh I'm not sure though sounds great I'm down but it's so crowded at the weekend we should make a reservation right now so what are we waiting for let's do it I hope you're enjoying this lesson before we continue let me tell you something do you want to have the summary of this lesson in a PDF file and not just this lesson all of the lessons on my YouTube channel for free how can I do

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thing you need is the menu so menu as you know is a list with the names of all the dishes all the meals that that restaurant has to offer nowadays many restaurants do not offer a menu on paper but rather they have a QR code on the table you have to scan it with your phone to see the menu and that is good I think you don't use paper now next to the menu some restaurants have another menu which is the drinks menu that is the list of all the drinks they have to offer different

wines different sodas soft drinks alcoholic drinks the entire list of drinks now sometimes on the menu you may see one section titled today's special or maybe specials what is that that is the dish or the meal that the chef has prepared specifically for today tomorrow you won't find that on the menu it's only for today that is today's special now each meal at the restaurant may have three different steps the first one is the starter which is a very light meal so as to work up an appetite good phrase work up an appetite what does

it mean appetite is the desire to eat if you work up an appetite it means you are doing something to your body that your body feels more and more hungry so basically you are preparing your stomach for the Real Meal which is after the starter and is called the main course main course is the main dish the biggest dish you're going to eat after that you may want to order dessert which is something sweet at the end of the meal now when you order your meal you may want to choose some side dishes side dishes

what are those well maybe some yogurt some olives something to eat some pickles something to eat next to your food it's they just put it beside your food it's not part of your main meal so you can order side dishes or if you're having salad or something that requires some sauce you can order dressing dressing dressing is not no no no it's not dressing dressing is basically sauce added to salad now at the end of the menu or at the bottom of each page of the menu you may see this word allergen allergen but what

does it mean well allergen or pleural allergens are the materials the substances in the food that may cause an allergic reaction so for example if you are allergic to tomatoes you may want to check the allergens to see if tomatoes are in the meal you're going to order or if you're allergic to peanuts you may find peanuts in the allergens and finally a very useful phrase imagine you and your friend are at the restaurant and your friend decides to have pizza and then you think that huh pizza sounds good I want the same what can

you say a pizza for me too that's okay but you can also say huh make it two make it two it means I want the exact same that he ordered if you are the third person you can say uh yeah make that three make it two make it three that means me too I want the exact same that these guys are having all right enough let's see how to use these in a dialogue I booked a table for two for seven PM under the name of Thomas Shelby of course please come this way after sitting

sorry could we have the menu please of course just scan the QR code a few minutes later can I check your order sir what would you like for main course yes a margarita pizza please excellent choice and you sir yeah make it too uh-huh two Margarita pizzas anything for a starter maybe seasoned salad and I'll have the fried snails okay anything to drink how about a bottle of water yes a bottle of sparkling water great I'll be right back with your order now as you are having your meal you may have some needs or requests

who should you call you should call the waiter now you can call all the waiter or the waitress but you can use a very nice phrasal verb flag down to flag down the waiter or to flag down the waitress means to wave at them get their attention and then they will come to you this is to flag down a waiter waitress excuse me sir ma'am that is flagging down and he's calling them to come to you another one is round of drinks round of drinks what does it mean well if you are out with more

than three friends three four five six seven eight if you want to order drinks you may say we need another round of drinks now a round of drinks means drinks for everybody it's not just for me if I want a drink I would say I need I need another Coca-Cola but but if everyone at the table wants the same drink you would say sorry another round of drinks here it means everyone at this table would like another drink a round of drinks and the waiter or the waitress may say right away right away right away

what does it mean no it means immediately without hesitation right now right away sir look at this dialogue great pizza tell me about it I need another beer me too let's flag down the waiter yes sir can we get another round of drinks right away sir when your meal is finished and you want to leave the restaurant you have to pay the bill an informal phrase instead of pay the bill you can also say foot the bill yes foot to foot the bill means to pay the bill but that's informal if you're out with your

friends you may want to foot the bill it means to pay it now where do you pay the bill first of all you need to ask for the bill or the check uh can we have the check please you can use this sign as well sorry can I have the check please or can I have the bill please they will bring it to you at your table you can see if you want you can discuss you can divide you can split the cost and that is splitting the cost the the act of I pay for

my share you pay for your sure you pay for your share we are splitting the cost a very lovely idiom here go dutch go dutch it means go to Germany no no no no go to Netherlands no go dutch means each person pays for his or her half or not half for his or her part that's a lovely idiom to go dutch now if you want to go dutch you can decide now after this you have to stand up and go to the cashier that is the place where you can make the payment can I

have the check please of course here you are thank you I'm ready to pay how would you like to pay cash or credit cash please that'll be eighty dollars please here you are thank you and here's your change and your receipt thank you and that's it guys I hope you've enjoyed this lesson I try to touch the main points of the dialogues that you may come across when you are at a restaurant or when you're planning to go to a restaurant or when you're paying for the bill also I try to use some situational dialogues

so that you can see how to use them and you can feel more confident and comfortable with these new phrases I hope you've enjoyed this lesson don't forget to give it a thumbs up if you're new to my channel click subscribe see ya